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The American Muslim Advisory Council is pushing back against Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Lee’s campaign for reportedly trying to have his Democratic opponent photographed at a “Muslim event.”
The Nashville-based advisory council, a nonprofit focused on building mutual trust and respect in order to protect all Tennesseans from violence and prejudice, released a statement Tuesday night saying they were disappointed in the campaign’s actions.
The statement came after reports that a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper was reassigned for inadvertently divulging information about Democrat Karl Dean to the Lee campaign about Dean attending a Muslim event.
“In order to create a prosperous, welcoming state, a governor must serve the interests of all Tennesseans, regardless of their race, ethnicity, religion, socio-economic status or zip-code,” Sabina Mohyuddin, the advisory council’s program manager, said in the statement.